Sentences with phrase «many cats in a colony»

The simulation showed that to reduce the population by a quarter, 57 percent of the cats in a colony had to be removed by lethal means or captured, neutered and released.

The Oklahoma Alliance for Animals assisted with funding the rescue, veterinary evaluation, disease testing, spay / neuter, and placement of the cats in the colony described here.

shelter and when needed, medical care for the cats in the colony.

New cats are less likely to be accepted into the group, which reduces the number of cats in the colony.

Create (and update) a list — complete with descriptions and photos — of all the cats in the colony you care for.

Historically [using trap and kill] some cats in a colony would be removed, but their numbers would only increase again, and meanwhile none are vaccinated.»

As anyone observing the Boardwalk cats can see, their home is the outdoors and their families are the cats in their colonies.

Tara began rescuing over a year ago when every female cat in the colony around her office in Manhattan Beach became pregnant.

The cats in a colony share a common food source and territory and may include not only ferals, but also strays - former pet cats who were recently lost or abandoned and are still tame.

Fewer cats in the colony will reduce the incidence of nuisance complaints.

All the cats in the colony, even those that visit sporadically, will be sterilized, ear - tipped for identification, vaccinated, and returned to their familiar habitat.

Once all the cats in your colony have been altered, then you can settle into the last step of colony management, which is «maintenance».

While we call our clinics «feral» clinics, we are keenly aware that many cats in a colony are not feral, but semi-feral or fully tame.

If you've trapped a cat in your colony that is friendly, please leave them in the trap for our clinics.

If all the cats in a colony are not trapped, then the ones left behind will tend to have larger litters of kittens.

All the cats in the colony, even those that visit sporadically, will be sterilized, ear tipped for identification, vaccinated for rabies, and returned to their familiar habitat.

«This bill... defines a sponsor of a cat colony as a person who actively traps cats in a colony for the purpose of sterilizing, vaccinating, and ear - tipping before returning the cat to its original location; exempts community cats from the three - day mandatory hold requirement; and allows a shelter that receives a feral cat to release it to a sponsor that operates a cat program.»

Using this method, all the feral cats in a colony are trapped, neutered / spayed and then returned to their territory, where they continue to thrive on their own or sometimes caretakers provide them with food and shelter.

TNR effectively controls the population of cats in a colony, and over time, those colonies diminish.

If you are physically unable to trap the cats in your colony we might be able to help.

Studies of managed colonies show frequent turn - over of cats in the colony, as injured and diseased cats hide until death.

Feral cats form strong bonds with other cats in their colonies.

Without positive human contact for a prolonged period, the cats in these colonies become feral (wild).

HHPR has had an estimated 45 feral cats in that colony, many of them for several years.

TNR stops the births of new cats in the colony and allows the colony members to live out their lives within their own group.

This procedure has been proven to work by stopping the birth of new cats in the colony and letting the colony members live out their lifespan, approx 3 yrs for outdoor cats, with their own group.

We currently have approximately 30 feral cats in our colony.

«The simulation showed that to reduce the population by a quarter, 57 percent of the cats in a colony [of 200] had to be removed by lethal means or captured, neutered and released.

i. reporting annually in writing to the Sponsor on the status of the colony, including data on the number and gender of all cats in the colony, the number of cats who died or otherwise ceased being a part of the colony during the year, the number of kittens bom to colony cats and their disposition, and the number of cats and kittens placed in permanent homes as companion cats; and

If you are feeding stray or feral cats in Indianapolis, you are required by the city's TNR ordinance to spay / neuter, vaccinate, and ear - tip for identification all the cats in your colony (group) and be registered with IndyFeral.

When a cat is returned to his or her outdoor home, Best Friends staffers and volunteers make sure that any other unfixed cats in the colony also get spayed or neutered.

Small groups or individuals in 1st - 8th grades are invited to AHS to read to cats in our colony rooms.

Using this technique, all the feral cats in a colony are trapped, neutered and then returned to their territory where caretakers provide them with regular food and shelter.

Providing food, water and shelter for outdoor cats is important, but it's also equally important to make sure all of the cats in the colony are spayed and neutered as quickly as possible, once you start feeding a colony.

If you have already spayed / neutered any of the cats in the colony, check the ear to see if it has been «tipped».

Keeping the population of stray cats in check requires a systematic approach, animal advocates say: To ensure that every cat in a colony has been sterilized, caretakers get to know their wards so that they can better monitor the size of the population.

For example, if a caretaker initially reports six current cats in her colony and later updates this to five cats, the original entry is not stored.

This ensures that all cats in a colony are humanely managed and prevents shelter euthanasia of cats who are part of managed colonies.

In reality, most TNR programs are volunteer - based, understaffed, and can not sterilize all cats in a colony or monitor colony health or population changes over time (Jessup 2004).

Although not every cat in a colony may be a community cat, any cats owned by individuals that congregate with a colony are considered part of it.

In addition, if all the cats in a colony are not trapped, then the ones left behind will tend to have larger litters of kittens.

Today, there are six cats in her colony — all spayed and ear - tipped — and she shares responsibility for them with a friend.

While AHS houses some adoptable cats in colony areas, Fresh Start cats are housed in individual cages, so their litter box habits can be monitored.

To achieve the additional goal of decreasing the overall size of the community cat population, research has shown that a critical number of cats in a colony, neighborhood or other defined location must all be sterilized within a relatively short time period.

Use the ACA tracking sheet to document each cat in the colony and learn more about keeping good records in our How to Provide Care for Outdoor Cats Guide.

But TNR and managing large numbers of cats in colonies does not effectively control cat overpopulation.

But he acted feral by not getting close to people or several of the other cats in the colony.

Not exact matches

A local population of feral cats living in an urban area and using a common food source is sometimes called a feral cat colony.

The researchers point out that the popularity of TNR in the U.S. has been in part due to a goal of maximizing feral cats» quality of life (e.g. extended life span, vaccinations, assessment for infectious disease) and reducing undesirable behaviors such as aggression and vocalization while still eliminating colonies over time.

(TNR required capturing 82 percent of the cats in order to eliminate the colony in 11 years.)